SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luna
Grill, the San Diego-based Mediterranean restaurant chain, is
welcoming retail real estate industry veteran Greg Thorburn to its
leadership team. Thorburn has been brought on board to fill the newly
created position of Vice-President of Real Estate.

As Luna Grill’s plans call for doubling their number of locations in
2014 to 20, and doubling again by late 2016 to 40 units, locating and
securing first rate sites in a swift and effective manner is absolutely
essential. Thorburn’s expertise makes him the perfect fit to help Luna
Grill map out its national
expansion.

Thorburn’s most recent experience derives from his work at Pacific
Dental Services, a national operator of dental health practices, where
he developed their national strategy for site selection across the
country. By developing and integrating a cutting-edge analytics system
that combines psychographic, demographic and competition data, he helped
identify over 300 locations where new practices opened, and managed the
expansion from 2 to 14 states over a 7-year period.

Sean
Pourteymour, Luna Grill’s CEO, commented, “Greg Thorburn is a
strategic addition to our organization. The management skill set he
brings is exactly what we need to ultimately have all bases covered and
achieve our expansion plans moving forward.”

Thorburn grew up in McAllen, Texas, and graduated with a business degree
from the University of Texas at Austin. After a few years on the East
Coast, he moved to Southern California in 2005, where he resides with
his lovely wife and their three boys.

“I’m extremely happy to join Luna Grill. The exceptional talent of their
operational and leadership teams was an important factor in my decision
to make this move. I look forward to this exciting professional
adventure in helping Luna Grill scale and grow their footprint
nationally,” Thorburn said.

This announcement follows on the heels of a series of strategic moves by
the thriving chain. Last year, a new
store development funding facility was secured from Argent Bank, a
fully owned subsidiary of Sterling Financial Corporation. Shortly after, Daniel
Lowe, a seasoned Chipotle operations manager, joined Luna Grill to
develop an effective multi-store management system.

Luna Grill is owned by Premier Food Concepts LLC, headquartered in San
Diego, CA. For more information, visit our website,
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